different between kappa vs cappa

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæp?/
• Rhymes: -æp?

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (káppa).

Noun

kappa (plural kappas)

1. The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. (finance) A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.

Synonyms

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): tau, vega

Hypernyms

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Japanese ?? (kappa, “water imp”).

Noun

kappa (plural kappas)

1. (Japanese mythology) A tortoise-like creature.

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?kap.p?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kap.pa/

Noun

kappa f (plural kappes)

1. Kappa; the Greek letter ? (lowercase ?).

Czech

Noun

kappa n

1. kappa

Synonyms

• kapa n

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p??/, [?k?p??]
• Rhymes: -?p??
• Syllabification: kap?pa

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Germanic, not clearly dateable: compare Old Saxon skap (“a measure”), Old High German scaf (“vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *skapaz, which is possibly a derivative of *skapjan? (“to shape”) (compare also *skappij? in Danish skæppe, Old Norse skeppa, Estonian dialectal käpp (“measure”)). Cognate within Finnic with Estonian kapp, Ingrian kappa, Karelian kappa, Ludian kappe, nominally reconstructible as Proto-Finnic *kappa.

Noun

kappa

1. An old unit of measure for volume of dry things, still used for potatoes in market squares. A modern kappa is equal to 5 liters (iso kappa), or 2 liters (pikku kappa), but during the period of autonomy under Russia it was 1/30 of tynnyri (“barrel”) or 5.4961 liters, and before that under the Swedish rule it was 1/32 of tynnyri or 4.58 liters. A further complication is that Swedish and Russian barrels were not of equal size.

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: kappe

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish kappa, from Medieval Latin cappa.

Noun

kappa

1. pelmet
2. women's overcoat

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (káppa).

Noun

kappa

1. kappa (tenth letter of Greek alphabet)

Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Japanese ???.

Noun

kappa

1. (Japanese mythology) kappa (mythical creature)

Declension

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, ?ISBN

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pa/

Noun

kappa m (plural kappa)

1. kappa (Greek letter)

Further reading

• “kappa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (káppa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?p??]
• Hyphenation: kap?pa
• Rhymes: -p?

Noun

kappa (plural kappák)

1. kappa (Greek letter)

Declension

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (káppa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: kàp?pa
• Homophone: cappa

Noun

kappa m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Greek-script letter ?/?; kappa
2. The name of the Latin-script letter K.; kay

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Japanese

Romanization

kappa

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kappen

Noun

kappa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of kappe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

kappa n

1. definite plural of kapp

Verb

kappa (present tense kappar, past tense kappa, past participle kappa, passive infinitive kappast, present participle kappande, imperative kapp)

1. to cut, chop something off quickly in one go

Alternative forms

• kappe

Etymology 2

Noun

kappa f

1. (non-standard since 2012) Alternative form of kappe
2. definite singular of kappe

Etymology 3

Verb

kappa (present tense kappar, past tense kappa, past participle kappa, passive infinitive kappast, present participle kappande, imperative kapp)

1. to compete in something

Alternative forms

• kappe

Etymology 4

Noun

kappa m (definite singular kappaen, indefinite plural kappaer or kappaar, definite plural kappaene or kappaane)

1. kappa, a Greek letter

Etymology 5

Noun

kappa m (definite singular kappaen, indefinite plural kappaer or kappaar, definite plural kappaene or kappaane)

1. kappa a Japanese mythological creature

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kapa/, [?ka.pa]

Noun

kappa f (plural kappas)

1. kappa; the Greek letter ?, ?

   Synonym: cappa

Swedish

Etymology 1

According to NE: From Old Swedish kappa, from Medieval Latin cappa.

According to SAOB online: From Old Swedish kappa, from Middle Low German kappe, ultimately from Late Latin cappa.

According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: From Old Swedish kappa, from Middle Low German kappe, borrowed from a Romance language, from Medieval Latin cappa, byform of c?pa, probably shortenings of a word derived from Latin caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?p?a/

Noun

kappa c

1. pelmet
2. women's overcoat

Declension

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ????? (káppa).

Noun

kappa n

1. kappa (Greek letter)

Declension

References

• kappa in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

• kappa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kappa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæp?/
  • Rhymes: -æp?
• Homophones: kappa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin cappa. Doublet of cape.

Noun

cappa (plural cappae)

1. (palynology) The thick wall on the proximal side of the corpus of a pollen grain.

Related terms

• cappula

Etymology 2

Noun

cappa (plural cappas)

1. (colloquial) A cappuccino.
   • 2010, Janey Lee Grace, Look Great Naturally...Without Ditching the Lipstick (page 211)

     I tend to like lattes or cappas, and have been known to have two or three a day, usually when I'm stressed.

Anagrams

• AACPP

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kap.pa/
• Rhymes: -appa
• Hyphenation: càp?pa
• Homophone: kappa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin cappa.

Noun

cappa f (plural cappe)

1. sleeveless coat; cloak
2. cowl, hood
3. tarpaulin
4. cape

Derived terms

• cappotto (“overcoat”)

Related terms

• cappella
• cappello
• scappare

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ????? (káppa).

Noun

cappa m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter K.; kay

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon, zeta

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps the shortened form of capitul?re (“head tax”), from caput. Another theory derives it from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Alternative forms

• capa

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kap.pa/, [?käp?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kap.pa/, [?k?p??]

Noun

cappa f (genitive cappae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) cape, sleeveless coat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• cappella
• capellus (Medieval Latin)
• *cappellus (Vulgar Latin)
• *excapp? (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

References

• cappa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kapa/, [?ka.pa]

Noun

cappa f (plural cappas)

1. kappa; the Greek letter ?, ?

   Synonym: kappa